Best Friend

Yesterday we went to Oma's to meet Matt's cousin, Kathi, from Austria. She is a teacher and she is here to volunteer at IFHS for a few weeks. She was just teaching in China. Rylee and Ashlyn immediately loved her. Rylee told her several times that she was her best friend. She was so nice to play in the sandbox, push Rylee on the swings, and jump with the girls- pretty much whatever Rylee told her to do. She can be very bossy sometimes! Ashlyn wanted her to hold her the whole time too. They were both sad when we had to go home last night. But Kathi and Oma just came to our house to visit for a minute, so they were as happy as can be to see her again! The girls also had fun with Aunt Hailey- she's also very nice to play with them outside.

Going for a Drive

More Swinging Fun

This time, they were at Oma's- I think they swing all day while I'm at school! That's what they're usually doing when I go to pick them up. And I have to push them for a while before they'll go home with me- just so they can get on our swings! Crazy girls!

Horses

We love our neighbors, the horses. Matt is the only one who gets close to them though!

At the River

We went to the river to feed the ducks- Matt told me when we got there that the ducks weren't even there yet. But I did see a few. And Rylee still fed the geese. The weather was sunny and windy when we left our house. After being at the river just a few minutes we felt raindrops, so we thought we better go before it got worse. We were just in time- it started pouring as we were driving away. We'll have to go back when it gets a little warmer.

Swinging

Both Rylee and Ashlyn would swing all day if they could- they love it. Our swingset also has a little playhouse thing under the slide and that is Ashlyn's favorite place to go- she loves to open and close the door and then peek out the windows- so cute!

Playing Around